[2] "Bust Your Windows" was written by Jazmine Sullivan along with Salaam Remi for her debut studio album Fearless (2008).

"[3] When asked about her inspiration for the song and if she had ever busted the windows of a boyfriend or ex-boyfriend in real life, Sullivan replied: "We're just not gonna get into that.

"[4] "Bust Your Windows" is set in common time with a moderate tempo of 107 beats per minute and is written in the key of F harmonic minor.

Billboard gave it a positive review, describing Sullivan's performance as "one of the most challenging vocals from a female R&B artist this year.

Sullivan's husky voice floats effortlessly over an eerie underlining violin score, originating from a sample of producer Salaam Remi's composition "Bad Man Waltz.

"[6] Slant Magazine also reviewed the song favorably: "Sullivan exposes the reality beneath the revenge fantasy: "Oh, but why am I the one who's still crying?

"[7] Jon Caramanica, writing for The New York Times noted that "Bust Your Windows" had Sullivan expresing "her feelings with the appropriate tool, a crowbar.

"I bust the windows out your car/though it didn't mend my broken heart" she sings, over Hitchcockesque strings and a buoyant hip-hop beat [...] It's a stellar revenge tune, as sassy and unexpected as Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats," and an indicator that unlike most soul divas, Ms. Sullivan cuts her misery with a dash of whimsy.